Men’s 1650 Yard Freestyle Highlights Concluding Day of Florida Invitational

Saturday, February 3

Gainesville, Fla

Prelims at 9:30 AM & Finals at 4:00 PM

Florida Gators

Nova Southeastern University

Aryan Nehra finishes the 1650Y Freestyle even in first-place with a B-cut time of 15:06.72

Men’s 1650 Yard Freestyle Highlights Concluding Day of Florida Invitational

Saturday, February 3, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

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By: Abby Wisecup

Complete Invitational Results

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Men's and Women's swimming team completed the final day of the Florida Invitational on Saturday evening inside the O'Connell Center Natatorium. Six swimmers improved from the morning session and Aryan Nehra, Ben Cote and Bobby Dinunzio III all posted a NCAA B-cut time in the 1650 yard freestyle event, each recording a time under 15:25.12.

Ten Gators swam in six different events to improve their times in the last chance before SEC Championships.

Invite Notes
Florida finished the invite totaling two NCAA A-cut times and 30 NCAA B-cut times within the three days of competition.

Bella Sims and Isabel Ivey set new program records during the invitational. Sims set the new 100 yard backstroke record with 50.44 and Ivey's1:43.03 broke the 200 yard freestyle record.

Up Next
The Gators head to Auburn, Alabama for SEC Championships from Feb. 20-24. The men's team is looking for its 12th-straight SEC title, while the women go for back-to-back SEC Champions.

Results from Saturday's prelims and finals can be found below.

Prelim Events	Prelim Results
Men's 200 Yard Backstroke	Caleb Maldari – 1:41.50 Amadeusz Knop – 1:44.88 Evan Keogh – 1:47.92 Cam Abaqueta – 1:50.32
Women's 100 Yard Freestyle	Alex Mitchell – 51.61
Men's 100 Yard Freestyle	Daniel Gordon – 44.59
Women's 200 Yard Breaststroke	Melissa Cowen – 2:14.53
Men's 200 Yard Butterfly	Evan Keogh – 1:57.30
Final Events	Final Results
1650 Freestyle	Aryan Nehra – 15:06.72 (B-cut) Ben Cote – 15:08.63 (B-cut) Bobby Dinunzio III – 15:10.47 (B-cut)
Men's 200 Yard Backstroke	Caleb Maldari – 1:41.88 Amadeusz Knop – 1:44.18* Cam Abaqueta – 1:46.95*
Women's 100 Yard Freestyle	Alex Mitchell – 51.17*
Men's 100 Yard Freestyle	Daniel Gordon – 44.57*
200 Yard Breaststroke	Melissa Cowen – 2:12.18*
200 Yard Butterfly	Evan Keogh – 1:47.17*